Santa Ana - Manabí - Ecuador

Canton Santa Ana. It is a canton of the Province of Manabí. Its cantonal head is the city of Santa Ana.

This canton has a beautiful valley, surrounded by hills and mountains such as: Bonce, Sasay, El Mate, La Cuesta and La Unión; he is reclining like a sultana from the east on the banks of the Portoviejo river and watched over by the majestic towers of his church; Santa Ana looks with optimism on its future and marches to the vanguard of the other towns that make up the Province of Manabí. The Portoviejo river is the main orographic system of the canton, born in Pata de Pájaro and flows near the Crucita spa. Santa Ana is a town that, despite its productive potential, from where it leaves a large number of traditional products such as: coffee, cocoa, raft, corn, sweet potato, cassava and tomato. It has great mountains and rivers, covered with bamboo cane and other plants that turn the area into harmonious places.

From Poza Honda to Santa Ana, along the river, there are many tourist ports, the most popular are: "El Badén de la Poza" and the Fluvial Beach "La Lucha". These spas offer recreation and relaxation. Santa Ana conserves many forest and water resources. The Poza Honda reservoir is a tourist attraction where pangas rides are made. Lying on the banks of the Portoviejo River and watched over by the majestic towers of its Church, Santa Ana looks with optimism on its future. Lying down like a sultana from the east on the banks of the Portoviejo River, Santa Ana marches to the forefront of the other towns that make up the Province of Manabi. Santa Ana owns a past hidalgo and once reckless. In this region there have been extermination of families, as in some other cantons of the province.

In the rural area the bamboo houses are still maintained, while in the urban area they moved aside to make way for the enquinche and nowadays a modern architecture. They are part of the traditions of this town religious holidays, wakes. As activities that do not die is the weaving of hats, skill that inherited from the indigenous (Manta culture), which is also speculated was settled in what is now Santa Ana.

Clima Canton Santa Ana

The average temperature is 20.2 ºC, with an average annual rainfall of 4222.7 mm. Being the months of August and September the driest and June and July the rainiest.

Flora Canton Santa Ana

Agricultural production is typical of subtropical and tropical climate: naranjilla, sweet potato, yucca, lemon, tangerine, coffee, sugar cane, corn. The richness of variety in afforestation is great, variety of flora for its humid zone among the main ones are: cedar, canelo, laurel, mahogany, wood making furniture and joinery.

Fauna Canton Santa Ana

Here you can see; mountain guans, partridges, blue-headed parrots, cutupaccchus, turtle doves, tanagers, hummingbirds, eagles, butterflies of the genus Morpho, mammals like; tigrillo, saino, deer, armadillo, guanta, guatusa, fox, reptiles; Boa, pitalala, chonta and motolo.

Economic development Canton Santa Ana

Santa Ana is a town that, despite its productive potential, from where it leaves a large number of traditional products such as: coffee, cocoa, raft, corn, sweet potato, cassava and tomato.

Typical Food Canton Santa Ana

Its gastronomy is recognized for its exquisite flavor, especially the Creole chicken broths.